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The Military Balance 2012
On the 7th March 2012, the International Institute for Strategic Studies launched The Military Balance 2012.
This is the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries world-wide.
You can now order The Military Balance 2012 in both print and online copies.
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Adelphi series 428: Drugs, Insecurity and Failed States: The Problems of Prohibition
By Nigel Inkster and Virginia Comolli.
This Adelphi argues that the present enforcement regime is not only failing to win the 'War on Drugs'; it is also igniting and prolonging that conflict on the streets of producer and transit countries, where the supply chain has become interwoven with state institutions and cartels have become embroiled in violence against their rivals and with security forces.
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Adelphi series 427: Nuclear Politics and the Non-Aligned Movement: Principles vs Pragmatism
By William Potter and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova
This Adelphi explores the structures and politics within the Non-Aligned Movement, and stresses the potential for greater engagement between NAM members and the West in mitigating many of the most pressing nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and terrorism challenges.
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Survival: Global Politics and Strategy
Vol 54, No 2 - April-May 2012 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.
Syria's strategic stability is in jeopardy, but there is nothing inevitable about the fate of the Bashar al-Assad regime. Much will depend on whether and how its neighbours intervene.
Also in this issue: Leonardo Bellodi on Libya's assets and the question of sovereignty, and Elizabeth Pond looks at justice and democracy in the Balkans.
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